Syfy Pilots The Machine Reboot, The Haunted & Happy

LOS ANGELES: Syfy has given pilot pickups to three projects from Universal Cable Productions, including a remake of the feature film The Machine.

Set in a world that is being transformed by the emergence of artificial intelligence, The Machine explores the conflict between man and technology through the lives and motivations of six interwoven characters. The series adaptation will be written and executive produced by filmmaker Caradog James (Don’t Knock Twice) with Red & Black Films. The film’s producer, John Giwa-Amu, will also executive produce the pilot.

The Haunted is a supernatural horror/drama from author James Frey about four siblings who reunite following their parents’ deaths. Noga Landau (Syfy’s The Magicians) penned the pilot and will co-executive produce. Frey and Todd Cohen of Full Fathom Five will exec produce.

Happy is based on Grant Morrison (Batman, The Invisibles) and Brian Taylor’s (Crank) graphic novel of the same name. It follows Nick Sax, an intoxicated, corrupt ex-cop turned hitman whose life is forever changed by a tiny, relentlessly positive, imaginary blue-winged horse after a hit gone wrong. Neal Moritz, Pavun Shetty and Toby Jaffe of Original Film (the Fast and the Furious franchise) will executive produce, with Taylor set to direct the pilot.